Groove the action, then hit some chips and you should develop a more reliable chipping technique. As you make some chipping swings, the stick should never touch the left side of your body. One way to help this is, as you grip the club in practice, hold an alignment stick in your hands as well, so the stick runs up past your left hip. They introduce too much wrist hinge through impact and they lose control of the strike and distance of their shots. One of the biggest mistakes golfers make when it comes to how to chip in golf is they flick at the ball. At impact the stick should be close to your left hand side and then in the finish, check that it doesn’t touch your body. This highlights whether you are attacking the ball with a slightly in-to-out path. The stick should be aiming slightly right of your target line. Then, the key position to check is half way through the downswing. As you hinge your wrists in the backswing, the stick should point at the ground. Now make a slow, deliberate practice swing, stopping at certain key positions to see where the alignment stick is pointing. Take a look at the video with this article to see exactly how this is done. As you take your grip, place an alignment stick in your hands so that in the address position, the stick is touching your lead hip. This is a great one to improve the path of your swing, either at the range or at home.